How much greater was the '37 flood  than its predecessors?  Lots.	The reach of the 1937 flood in Newport.

 

Fifth & Columbia marked for orienting the location				Columbia St. marked for orienting the location				Central Ave. marked for orienting the location

West Side

These aerials are all from January 23 - a couple of days before the crest.

 

Note the Licking River Bridge on the left, and Immaculate Conception's steeple to the right. From a Facebook post by Miles H. Kitchen

 

Simon & Schuster, 3rd Street in Newport
They sold Oldsmobiles on drier days.

 

1937 flood scenes from Covington and Newport

 

Looking South from the Ohio. Note Courthouse on far right	Looking Southeast from the Ohio. Note Courthouse on left.	We put red lines on Ninth and Patterson to help you orient yourself	Looking east from the Licking
Most of these aerials are all from January 23 - a couple of days before the crest.

Aerial Views of the 1937 Flood

In any flood, water is of course very destructive, but it will recede.
The problem is that when it does, there's mud. Which turns to dust.

Aerial View of the 1937 Flood	Looking West, over  the Licking River	Looking Southwest, Newport, 1937	January 25, 1937. Wow. To help you orient, we've put the red lines on Fifth and Central.

 

Foot of the Central Bridge	Newport Aerial	An aerial view	L&N, and Central Bridges

 

Sixth and Columbia	Monmouth, towards Third	Fifth and Central	Fifth and York	Fourth and York
These five photo's were all taken by John Bischoff

     

West End of Newport,  1937 Flood	Newport, 1937	Trenkamp's Garage,  1937

 

Third & Linden, looking South	1937,  from the Taylor Mansion	5th & York, looking west First National Bank Building on the right	Newport Riverfront, sort of, 1937

 

East from L&N Bridge	2nd and Park	East from L&N Bridge	The water suctioned this pole up out of the ground

 

Looking North on Monmouth from 4th, 1937 That's the 4th Street School's rock wall on the right		5th & Washington, 1937	3rd & Washington, 1937

 

Washington Street looking north towards 4th, 1937 Thanks to Patty Stanger Ludwig for this picture taken by her Dad.	The Green Derby  in the '37 Flood. Thanks to several folks who emailed me to locate this one.	York, at Southgate Alley, 1937. That's Raymond and Edith Adler's Cafe at 323 York

 

Furniture could pile up on a roof like this because someone removed it from their home to try to save it, or they fished it out of the flood waters, or it simply washed down river and landed here.

 

Ninth Street, 1937 Flood From a Facebook post by Carrie Ackerson. That's her grandfather, Shelby Teegarden and sister Pauline on the right.		Somewhere in Newport

 

January 25, 1937 The L&N RR Bridge, across the Licking, converted for auto traffic. Read the story here.

 

Purple People Bridge	Flood of 1937 at Newport	East Third Street, the day of the Crest

 

Newport in 1937	Fourth & Brighton	9th and Patterson	Southgate Street,  January 21st: ten days before the crest

Isabella Street, Newport	Southgate Alley, near Isabella	Southgate Alley, near Isabella	Close Up of the Car Barn

 

3rd Street	Far Southwest Newport, looking Northeast, across Licking, to Covington
Thanks to Patty Stanger Ludwig for these pictures, taken by her Dad.

 

Walter McAtee and John Kaderlick clear wires.	Fourth and Patterson from a Facebook post by Jim Deaton	333 Club, represented to be Newport in 1937 from a Facebook post by Buddy Dittus, Jr.

1937 Flood	Isabella between 18th & Keturah	West on 8th at Columbia	Looking east on W. Fourth

 

3rd & Beech Streets.  "Water from Mill Bottoms & Ohio River met at this corner.	3rd & Washington, looking West.  L&N Bridge in the| distance.  Old Spiegel home at right, center.	North on Beech at Third Street in Newport,	4th & Saratoga.  Building the ramp for service over the L&N Bridge to Cincinnati.
All of these were taken on January 26, 1937, the day the river crested.

  This article, almost a week before the crest, reports 55 blocks flooded, here.

Washington from Fourth	Columbia and Second	Second Street, looking West
These three photos were all taken by John Bischoff

 

Fourth & Saratoga photo by John Bischoff	1937	Looking Down Monmouth from the 4th street school	Somewhere in Newport, 1937

 

Eight images from the 1937 flood, from a Facebook post by J. E. Venneman

Southeast, at 3rd & York	Northeast at 3rd & Monmouth	West, at 9th and Columbia
		Central Bridge	High School
The aftermath of the flood saw houses lifted from their foundations and moved. Some floated down the river, never to be seen again by their owners. Buildings and streets were left covered with mud. Which dried into dust.
Eighteen images from the 1937 flood, from https://www.xandad.com , of photos from Terry Lawson

Newport, 1937	Third and York	Foot of York

 

Sixth & Mill Bottoms in Newport, looking East toward Bellevue, January 26, 1937	River Scene from 1937	River Scene from 1937

Saratoga Street	Ramp to Approach the L&N Bridge on the Licking January 26, 1937	Park Ave., below 3rd, January 29, 1937
from the 3rd Floor window of 311 E. 5th, the Trotter Home, January 27, 1937	5th & Washington, Trotter Home, January 26, 1937	Trotter Sisters' row houses on 5th, January 26, 1937
3rd & Washington, January 29, 1937	3rd & Washington, looking west. January 29, 1937	W. 8th between Patterson and Isabella, looking NE. from a boat in 14 feet of water. January 26, 1937
Park Ave., below 3rd, January 29, 1937	N. on Monmouth, from 4th January 27, 1937	5th and Washington
All of the images in this section are from Facebook posts by Bev Achzehner Harber

We found on-line a pdf of Donald F. Bauer's master's thesis from Xavier, titled
Floods to Floodwalls in Newport, Ky., 1884-1951.  Before you hit the print button,
note that it's 127 pages long.  It's at this site.

These are all from 1940 Newport

 

9th and Isabella
From a Facebook post by Tim Granger

 

Along the Licking It's post-1937, since there's a flood wall, likely 1948.	Protective emergency levee for the 1948 Flood	Newport in the Flood of 1948